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E. H. TAYLOR July 23, 1940.

FITTING Filed July 17, 1939 M a w ZM LM Patented July 23, 1940 UNITED "PATE TJO FICE:,[1

Edward Hall Taylor, Oak Park, Ill. Application July 17, 1939, .Serial No. 284,836

1 Claim.

maximum mechanical strength. More specifical- 1y, I provide a bolting flange or analogous article suitable for Welding to a beveled pipe end, the latter and the flange or fitting having cooperating surfaces which facilitate proper positioning of the flange on the pipe end, while causing radial compression of the lattenduring the welding operation, in amount sufiicient to accommodate lengthwise expansion of the pipe end, due to heating thereof during thewelding operation, thereby avoiding breaking of the weld, in whole or in part. That renders it possible to weld the fitting to the pipe end with expedition and facility while avoiding breakage of the weld line due to stresses caused by expansion and contraction of the end of the pipe. Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear from the detail description.

The single figure of the drawing is a fragmentary axial sectional view, partly broken away, through a bolting flange embodying my invention and the end portion of a pipe welded to the bolting flange.

I provide a bolting flange 4 comprising a body portion 5 and an annular flange 6. Body portion 5 is provided with a central bore 1, extending from one end thereof, and with a second bore 8 extending from the other end of the body concentric with and of greater diameter than bore 1, the inner end of bore 8 terminating short of the inner end of bore I. The inner ends of the bores I and 8 are connected by a seat member comprising a flat inclined surface 8a extending to the inner end of bore 1 at an inward inclination thereto, and a fillet element defining a curved surface Illa curved on an arc outward of body 5 and connecting and tangent to the outer end ofsurface 9a and the inner end of bore 8. The annular recess provided by bore 8 receives the end portion of a pipe member Ma. The end of pipe I la which extends into body 5 of the bolting flange may be beveled in a known manner such as is used in connection with pipe ends which are to be welded together. It is provided with a relatively narrow flat surface I 2 extending in a plane radial to the end of the pipe, and with a relatively wide flat surface I3 a extending from the outer edge of surface I2 to the outer circumference of pipe member Ila, the angle of surface l3a to the horizontal being substantially the same as the angle of surface 9a to the horizontal. Sur faces I2 and I3a define, at the juncture thereof, an inner abutment I la extending circumferentially about the inner end of the pipe, and surface I3a defines, with the outer circumferential surface of the pipe, an outer abutment I 5a ex-- tending circumferentially about the pipe; The bolting flange 4 is placed upon the end of the pipe and welded thereto, about the outer end of bore 8, by means of weld metal I6.

The flat inclined surface 9a and curved surface Illa, of the seat element, and surface I3a and abutments Ma and I5a, of pipe Ila, are so related that abutment Ma is spaced an appreciable distance from surface 9a and abutment I5a is in contact with curved surface Illa, when pipe Ila is cold. Upon heating of the pipe end, incident to the welding operation, with consequent endwise expansion thereof, abutment I5a rides along curved surface Illa causing radial compression of the pipe end, suflicient to accommodate the lengthwise expansion thereof and thus avoid subjecting the weld joint to objectionably high stresses. Ordinarily, the endwise expansion of the pipe end is not sufficient to bring abutment Ida into contact with surface 9a. That may occur in some cases, however, and abutment I la will then ride along surface 911, supplementing the action of abutment I5a in radially compressing the pipe end. The form of bolting flange disclosed herein is suitable for use with pipe of .,medium or light weight, though it may be used to advantage with heavier pipe.

I claim:

A bolting flange for welding to a pipe end, said flange comprising a body and a flange element extending radially outward from said body, the latter having a cylindrical bore extending from one end and being provided at that end with a seating surface extending radially outward from said bore, said body being provided with a second cylindrical bore extending from its other end concentric with and of greater diameter than said first bore and defined by a surface parallel with the common axis of said bores, the latter being spaced apart axially and the inner end of said first bore being connected to the inner end of said second bore by a surface inclined outward toward said second bore and a fillet defining a surface curved on a relatively short radius outward of said body tangent at its ends to said inclined surface and said surface of said second said inclined surface a proper distance to accommodate normal expansion of said pipe incident to welding thereof to said body, said fillet being effective for causing radial compression of the pipe end during normal expansion of the pipe and the inclination of said inclined surface being such as to be effective for cooperating with the bevel of the pipe end and supplementing the action of the fillet in causing radial compression of the pipe end upon abnormal expansion of said pipe. 10

EDWARD HALL TAYLOR. 

